DANDERS Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 What policy does everyone use to insure a returned unit of blood is between 1-10oC in order for it to be returned to the Blood Bank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L106 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 This has been a widely debated topics in some other threads on this site, so you might want to do a "Search" are read through them.It sounds to me like the old "15 minutes out of the Blood Bank" rule does not have a valid scientific basis and is no longer being considered to be acceptable by many of the accrediting agencies and inspectors/assessors as an adequate assurance that the blood is/has been within the acceptable temperature range.We purchased in Infrared Thermometer (which can measure & display the temperature of a donor unit almost instantaneously.) And probably the best policy is to use the non-reversible temperature monitors (ie: the little stickers that you apply to the bag of blood.)Donna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adiescast Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 We use a combination of indicators (for blood that is stored outside of blood bank and could take a walk and return to a refrigerated environment without our knowledge) and an infrared thermometer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Eye Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 could you please provide the make, model, and price for infrared thermometer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIMPER55 Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 We use a RATEK brand--it can be recalibrated annually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clmergen Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Cardinal Health has quite a few different types available for purchase, ranging widely in price from quite inexpensive to rather pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanne P. Scannell Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 What policy does everyone use to insure a returned unit of blood is between 1-10oC in order for it to be returned to the Blood Bank?Note: If STORED, then it must be maintained at 1-6. So you need to define:Storage: If it is sitting somewhere in a refrigerator or cooler for x period of time.Transport: If it is, ummm, in transport, e.g. being taken from the BB to a floor without being stored.For Transport: We use a precooled thermometer and fold the returned unit around it to determine the temperature. If over 10C, it is discarded.For external storage (we use coolers and ice), we take the temperature of the inside of the cooler.We are looking at other methods for this and checking out a digital thermometer with a probe that will record min/max temperatures. Very interested to hear how those infrared thermometers are working out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaraT23 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 We use a 20 minute time limit for returns, and also take the temp at return with a thermometer with a probe attached. For anything issued in a cooler that is potentially going to be out for along time, we use Hemotemp II temp stickers that indicate if the unit has ever gotten out of temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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